Manga and Comic Reviews
I was going to write about “Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine” today, but guess what I saw when I opened up the L.A. Times today. That this was coming was no surprise. Rich Johnston broke the story months ago and after leaks of character art got hit with C&D notices from DC’s lawyers it only became […]
When we last saw him, Wolverine had beaten the Devil and crawled up out of Hell back into his own body. It should’ve been a triumphant victory for everyone’s favorite Canadian berserker mutant, but it turns out that the demons that were inhabiting his body while his soul was in Hell are still there. Cyclops, […]
As the last volume finally caught up to what was covered in the anime, this one should be completely AWESOME since I’m finally reading all-new content! Or at least, that’s what I think it would’ve been if pages weren’t wasted on pointless sidequests or rehashing “Dawn of the Dead.” I was afraid that rehashing George […]
As I write this, the future of “Generation Hope” has been all but announced as its absence from the most recent issue of “Previews” has led many to conclude that new writer James Asmus’ first arc will also be his last. Sales for the series started out mediocre and only got worse from there, save […]
The worst thing that can be said about this title is that it’s an editorial mandate in its purest form. Somewhere along the line, someone decided that the X-titles were kind of directionless and needed an event to re-shape the line’s focus. You’d think that would’ve been the aim of events like “Messiah Complex” and […]
“Avengers vs. X-Men” kicks off this month and as it’s the next major X-event, I’m committed to picking it up in hardcover. That said, I’m having a disconnect between the fact that this twelve-issue series requires five different writers (Bendis, Brubaker, Aaron, Hickman, and Fraction) in order to see it to completion. Theoretically this shouldn’t […]
DC obviously sees something in the man as he will soon be taking over writing duties on “Deathstroke,” “Grifter,” and “Hawkman” after “Hawk and Dove” is cancelled. For myself, and I suspect many others, that just gives us a reason we can safely avoid these titles for the forseeable future. What’s more interesting is the […]
Steve Rogers and company team up with Shang-Chi in order to take on the Shadow Council and the “Master of Kung-Fu’s” mostly-resurrected evil dad. Then Rogers dives into the mind of a former comrade from WWII to find out what happened to him after the mission they were on went to hell. Though the first […]
It’s not an unpleasant surprise, but it’s still truly baffling nonetheless. After none of the previous volumes even cracked it, vol. 10 of “Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project” is now a #1 New York Times bestseller. I believe it’s also the first Dark Horse title to have that distinction and one of […]
And the collection of the “New 52” juggernaut rolls on… Batman: Detective Comics vol. 1 — Faces of Death, and Batwoman vol. 1: Hydrology: Both are getting the hardcover treatment, and I’ll probably wait until both are in softcover before picking them up. I’ve never read any of Tony Daniel’s “Batman” prior to the relaunch, […]